Dark Fantasy Paladin

Dark Fantasy Paladin Chapter 4

Episode 4.

The Holy Knight was one of the symbols of the Varanches Church.

Signs exist for the eyes of others and promote the identity of a group.

Authority, dignity, sanctity and nobility. Just as the doctrines of the church were like this, the Holy Knight, its symbol, had to combine all values.

This is why external factors were very important.

Iden cut off his unruly beard and combed his hair neatly.

Then he took off his dark leather armor and put on holy armor.

“Lord Iden, you are absolutely perfect.”

He was one of five new recruits given by the bishop, and he was serving as Aiden’s temporary squire.

Seeds were essential for a paladin. It was difficult to put on and take off the sacred armor by yourself, and sometimes you needed someone to help you.

The place where Aiden was located was the VIP room of the lord’s castle. I was checking my weapons and making plans in preparation for the battle that would take place tonight.

“Isn’t it a bit excessive?”

Aiden stood in front of the front mirror and muttered. When I saw it in the game, I thought it was cool, but when I actually tried it on, it was very noticeable.

Of course, practicality was perfect. It cannot even scratch with most blades and absorbs most of the impact.

The problem was the enormous weight, but it had nothing to do with Iden.

“It’s excessive. “It suits you really well.”

The squire looked up to Iden with sparkling eyes. Supernova passed the ordeal in just two years and was appointed as a Holy Knight. Rumors were already rife within the empire.

It was a source of great pride for the squire to be able to serve such Iden. Even if it’s a temporary job.

“What is your name?”

“It’s Euron.”

“I want to know the skills of you and the new recruits.”

The new recruits were elites trained professionally by the religious order. Their combat ability and understanding of tactics were so excellent that they were qualitatively different from ordinary soldiers.

He may have been confident in his skills, but Euron’s expression did not show that.

“That…”

Iden thought it was a little strange. Whatever it was, we had to know their skills.

“Pull out your sword.”

“yes? “What is that?”

“hurry. “I need to see your skills.”

A baffling order. Euron could not hide his surprise.

“You mean here?”

There was no need to go outside. If you just compete with a few combinations, you will get something.

Euron hesitated for a moment, but when he sensed the sincerity in Iden’s expression, he slowly pulled out his sword.

“Then, please help me.”

Iden motioned for me to come in. Euron digs right in. It was an ordinary stab, but Iden realized that his skills were really poor.

Without even pulling out his sword, he blocked Euron’s attack with his plate gauntlets.

Even the sight of him losing the knife he was holding was perfect.

Euron’s face turned red. It was shame over my lack of skills and frustration at having my expectations betrayed.

On the other hand, Aiden’s voice was calm.

“Are the other four like you?”

Euron could not easily answer.

“I need to know power. “Answer me.”

“······It’s roughly similar.”

“i get it. “Go out.”

Euron looked downcast and looked at Aiden’s face. Strangely enough, I didn’t feel disappointed.

Rather, it was calm, as if expected.

Euron’s sentiment was accurate. Aiden was just focusing on the fact that his instincts were becoming more and more aligned.

‘Everything is sloppy.’

The Demon God Cult is involved, but the number of troops provided is only five. Additionally, individual skills were not consistent.

Yes, let’s say that it is possible because the strongest paladin and holy mage, Xerath, belong to the organization and their mission is ambush reconnaissance.

Then the question was who was in the main team.

The bishop’s plan was to raid the site where the Demon Cult was sacrificing children, identify the escape routes of the fleeing remnants, and destroy their base.

Common sense suggests that key enemy figures would be stationed at the site of the human sacrifice. In that case, wouldn’t it be right for us to focus our efforts on the raiding party?

Are there any other paladins besides Iden? No, in that case, there was no need to ignore all procedures and commission Iden in the first place.

Additionally, the fact that the ambush location was a graveyard was very annoying.

Aiden knows very well what kind of person Bishop Forel is. They will definitely try to take the kidnapped children back. To satisfy one’s own greed.

However, I couldn’t understand why Iden and Xerath were hired. Unless you’re going to use it as force, it’ll just be annoying.

‘Is there someone else besides the kids?’

The door suddenly opened and my thoughts were cut off.

“Huh, it was true that clothes are wings. But why is your expression like that? Are you a distressed knight? “Is it something like that?”

Xerath came in jokingly. There was dirt everywhere on his silver uniform, and he smelled like a rotting corpse.

“Where have you been?”

“You’re quick to notice. “How did you know?”

“Your clothes are dirtier than before. It also smells. “Rotten mine.”

Xerath scratched his head in bewilderment.

“I brushed it off… but your eyesight isn’t human’s. “The same goes for your sense of smell.”

In fact, no one could tell that Xerath’s appearance was neat. The reason why Iden was able to capture even a single grain of dirt on his clothes was thanks to his vision stat.

For Paladins who fight most of their battles at night, eyesight is very important, so it was the result of investing in it whenever possible.

At this distance, even the sebum in the other person’s pores was clearly visible. It wasn’t all that good.

“But why are you looking at my face so intently?”

“no. “Where have you been before?”

“I guess we should still talk about it.”

Xerath studied Iden’s expression with his lines-like eyes.

“Didn’t you feel anything strange?”

As far as this matter was concerned, Xerath was an absolute ally. Because he was a person close to a fanatic.

I never did anything that went against the doctrine.

“Everything from start to finish is strange.”

“I guess we’ll talk quickly.”

Xerath pulled up a chair and sat down at the table.

“I came to see the place the bishop mentioned.”

It was an area believed to be the place where the Demon God Church would sacrifice children tonight.

“The demon energy was definitely thick and there was even a barrier.”

It looked like something was going to happen there.

“I took a step back. If you touch the barrier, they will notice. It was probably installed for that purpose. It was sloppy. Anyway, we went to the cemetery where we were going to ambush us, and we found something interesting.”

Xerath smiled heartily and paused.

“There were several graves dug up.”

Traces of necromancy. Plant the spell on a few corpses and wait for the spell to spread throughout the graveyard.

When the magic spread, the caster used black magic to wake up all the dead in the cemetery.

“The standard was quite high. “It’s a shame, but I couldn’t cancel it.”

It was natural that casting a spell was more difficult than casting it. However, if someone as skilled as Xerath was unable to unlock it, the level of the opponent would not be easy.

“What does this mean anyway?”

Xerath asked the question as if he were a monk.

“It could be simple preparation, or they knew their plan in advance and laid a trap. “Wouldn’t it be one of the two?”

“yes. But isn’t it a little strange? “After all, our ambush site is a graveyard, and there are a lot of strange circumstances around the situation.”

Xerath was focusing on the possibility that it was a trap.

“If so, who is trapping us and for what purpose?”

“I don’t know that much.”

If the bishop is behind it, why is he doing this? This was an unknown part at the moment.

“Anyway, there are two options.”

“You can report this to the bishop, or you can step into the trap on your own and find out the truth.”

“Haha so. “What are you going to do?”

If you choose the latter, Xerath may think that Iden is behind the bishop.

It didn’t seem to make any difference.

“I hate having headaches. “I will see it with my own eyes.”

“good. “You and I are on the same page.”

“The sun will set now. “Let’s move slowly.”

They led the new soldiers and headed straight to the ambush site.

*

Iden and Xerath’s clothing was not suitable for ambushes and night attacks.

There is no light to be found on the mountain in the middle of the night, but the uniform and gloves reflect the moonlight and shine even brighter.

“You should wear this from here on.”

Xerath handed over a black hood to Iden.

The moment I put it on, the shine of the Seonggap faded.

“It’s a material that absorbs light. “It will come in handy in times like this, so take one for yourself.”

As the only light source in the mountain disappeared, the surrounding area was covered in silent darkness.

The new recruits trembled, probably because they were nervous.

“I’ll walk from here.”

I tied my horse to a tree and climbed the mountainside. The closer we got to the graveyard, the thicker the concentration of demonic energy in the air became.

Now I can barely see it. The moonlight broke over the magical energy that had settled down like fog, dyeing the surroundings purple.

Euron barely managed to keep his hands and feet from shaking and followed Iden.

Only after a long time had they been able to reach their destination.

The tombs and tombstones were neatly arranged, and the scale was quite large.

“It’s the perfect environment to be possessed by the devil.”

The recruits fell silent at Xerath’s words. Aiden wanted to leave the new recruits behind, but he couldn’t do so for fear of raising unnecessary suspicion.

Honestly, they were completely useless. It was clear that the bishop had left the beggars in charge.

“Ah, Lord Iden. “What can we do?”

Euron asked, despite his fear.

“Do nothing and just stay here.”

Even though I was hurt, I couldn’t help it. Because it was better than losing your precious life due to a hasty action.

Aiden completely hid himself in the thick bushes and held his breath.

The surroundings were dark without a single ray of light, but Aiden’s eyes were looking right through the graveyard.

Recruits relied only on hearing in the dark, unable to see an inch in front of them.

Grasshoppers cried and leaves rustled. Occasionally, the howls of animals echoed coldly.

I heard the sound of something landing. Iden immediately looked away. A human who suddenly appears in the graveyard.

At the same time, all the sounds made by the forest stopped.

‘The new soldiers are agitated.’

Couldn’t be seen or heard. It felt like I was being sucked into the pitch black like a sinking ship.

The soldiers were panicking. After all, it was right to leave it alone.

Iden thought about retreating. Are you asking me to give up a huge amount of experience as an undead?

Additionally, the mystery could only be solved by capturing the necromancer.

‘do.’

I exchanged glances with Xerath.

The moment everyone nodded, the sounds of life that had stopped began to be replaced by those of the dead.

Cracked!

Beings who longed for life more than anyone else climbed up the graveyard

to shake off the rotting flesh and steal from the living .

Hehehe!

The tenacity of longing for life all glared at the living.

Iden immediately took off his black hood. As the moonlight illuminated the dead, the new soldiers were terrified.

“Don’t be scared—!”

A blazing halo ignited the darkness and covered the dead.